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The Dream Stream under a hard blue midday sky — thin, low water spread wide over an exposed rock bar, a bald treeless hill rising straight out of the far bank, old homestead cabins on the slope, and no shade anywhere on the river

Colorado's Drought Summer: The Flow Was Fine the Whole Time

Nine weeks of Dream Stream gauge readings from this site's own hatch reports. The flow never dropped, and the river went on the closure list anyway.

August 6, 202617 min read

A Colorado tailwater running low, slow and clear over pale cobble on a hot late-summer afternoon, dry gravel bars exposed along both banks

When to Walk Away: Summer Water Temps and the Fish You Don't Catch

Warm water kills trout you release. Here's how I read summer water temps on the South Platte and when I'd rather drive home than cook a fish.

July 27, 202612 min read